Where does “contrastive” come from?
Contrastive comes from French contraster, from Latin contra and rota, ultimately tracing through Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to stand or place in opposition.
contrastive (English): Contrasting
Definitions
- Contrasting
Ancestry of “contrastive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contrast | A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue... |
| 2 | French | contraster | to contrast |
| 3 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 4 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 6 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 7 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |